saddam hussein (Page 2)

The French newspaper L?Express reports that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein may be stepping down soon in favor of his younger son Qusai. Saddam has 2 sons, Qusai and Uday, and it has long been assumed that Qusai will succeed his father, since he already controls Iraq’s armed forces.

For Saddam, putting Qusai in control makes sense, because it may make it more difficult for the rest of the world to continue to agree to the U.S. economic embargo of Iraq. Saddam may feel that he is personally the target of U.S. government hatred and that his son may give the country a fresh start in the eyes of the world.
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While the US Administration, at the urging of Secretary of State Colin Powell, continues to ignore Saddam Hussein, evidence builds that he is not only an architect of the Attack on America, but also the source of the anthrax spores that are being spread through the country.

General Powell argued forcefully in 1991 that the United States should leave Hussein in power in Iraq.
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